in Great Britain during the Nesting-season. 43 
Colonel Drummond-Hay marks the Jay as. breeding regularly 
in Perthshire; and Captain Orde describes it as occurring in 
Argyleshire wherever there is much copse-wood. 
GecriNnus viripis (Bote). Green Woodpecker. 
Provinces I. VIII. IX. XI. XII.? 
Subprovinces 1, 15, 17, 20, 21 ?, 22, 23, 24, 25? 
Lat. 50°-55°. “ English” type. Not in Ireland. 
Not a common bird, but marked as nesting regularly im 
every county as far north as Derbyshire. In the north of 
Yorkshire it becomes scarce, and nests only occasionally in 
Durham and Northumberland. 
The Green Woodpecker is not included in either of the two 
lists which Mr. J. F. Brockholes has sent from Lancashire and 
Cheshire; but Mr. C. S. Gregson informs me that the bird 
breeds in the latter county. Mr. Gregson also states that “ the 
Green Woodpecker breeds in Barron Wood, Cumberland, close 
to the borders of Scotland,” and “also in Westmoreland.” 
Dr. Heysham, however, only knew it as a rare visitor to Cum- 
berland ; nor is it marked in the lists which I have received from 
Mr. Gough and Mr. T. Hope. 
Picus masor (Linn.), Great Spotted Woodpecker. 
Provinces I.-V. VII.? VIII.-XI. XV. 
Subprovinces 1, 2-15, 18 ?, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29-31. 
Lat. 50°-58°. “ English ” type. Not in Ireland. 
Breeds in small numbers in nearly all the southern aud mid- 
land counties of England, becoming rarer northwards. 
Very scarce in Scotland, though Macgillivray describes it as 
formerly not uncommon near Dunkeld, and mentions Loch Ness, 
the Spey, and Braemar as localities where it is not unfrequent. 
The bird has been observed by Mr. Selby on the banks of the 
Dee and Spey. 
Mr. T. Edward marks the Great Spotted Woodpecker as 
resting occasionally in Aberdeenshire, and in the ‘ Natural 
History of Dee-side’ it is described as resident in the woods, 
but very rare. 
